Array Substrate and Display Panel

ABSTRACT

Please replace the original abstract paragraph with the following new paragraph. An array substrate, comprising a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area comprises a first gate driving circuit, a second gate driving circuit, a first touch driving circuit and a second touch driving circuit; an extension direction of the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit is perpendicular to an extension direction of gate lines; an extension direction of the first touch driving circuit and the second touch driving circuit is perpendicular to an extension direction of touch driving electrodes; the first touch driving circuit and the first gate driving circuit are disposed in series along a same direction; and the second touch driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit are disposed in series along a same direction.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the field of touch displaytechnologies, and in particular, to an array substrate and a displaypanel.

BACKGROUND

With rapid development of display technologies, the birth of a touchpanel (Touch Panel, TP for short) makes people's life more convenient.An embedded capacitive touchscreen integrates a touch electrodestructure in a display screen, has advantages of a simple structure, alight weight, a thin thickness and low cost, increasingly becomes amainstream technology of a touchscreen, and is increasingly widelyapplied to various portable intelligent terminals (such as mobilephones)

In an embedded capacitive touchscreen, the embedded capacitivetouchscreen may he divided into a hybrid in-cell (Hybrid In-Cell, HICfor short) capacitive touchscreen and a full in-cell (Full In-Cell, FICfor short) capacitive touchscreen.

To make a bezel (a left bezel and a right bezel) narrower, in an FFICcapacitive touchscreen, on an array substrate, a touch driving electrodeTx is made to extend along a vertical direction, a touch driving circuit10 driving the touch driving electrode Tx is disposed below (as shown inFIG. 1) or above the array substrate, so that only a gate drivingcircuit 11 is disposed on a side of the left and right bezel, therebymaking the bezel narrower. A corresponding touch sensing electrode Rx ona box-aligning substrate extends along a horizontal direction (as shownin FIG. 2). However, because a line width of a leading wire 12 connectedto the touch sensing electrode Rx is relatively thin, in production of aleading wire, scratching by a leading wire often occurs, thereby causinga TP ghost hand.

For an FIC capacitive touchscreen, both a touch driving electrode Tx anda touch sensing electrode Rx are located on an array substrate. When thetouch driving electrode Tx extend along a horizontal direction, and thetouch sensing electrode Rx extend along a vertical direction, because agate driving circuit 11 and a touch driving circuit 10 are disposed inparallel on a side of a left bezel and a right bezel (as shown in FIG.3), a bezel cannot be made narrower. When the touch driving electrode Txis disposed along the vertical direction, and the touch sensingelectrode Rx is disposed along the horizontal direction, scratching by aleading wire also occurs.

SUMMARY

This application provides an array substrate and a display panel, whichcan implement a narrow bezel, and can avoid scratching by a leadingwire.

According to a first aspect, an array substrate is provided, including asubstrate, where a display area and a non-display area are disposed onthe substrate; the display area includes a first gate line group and asecond gate line group, both the first gate line group and the secondgate line group include a plurality of gate lines arranged along a firstdirection, and an extension direction of the gate lines intersects withthe first direction; the display area further includes a first touchdriving electrode group and a second touch driving electrode group, boththe first touch driving electrode group and the second touch drivingelectrode group include a plurality of touch driving electrodes arrangedalong the first direction, and an extension direction of the touchdriving electrodes intersects with the first direction; the non-displayarea includes a first gate driving circuit and a second gate drivingcircuit, the first gate driving circuit and the second gate drivingcircuit are respectively disposed on two sides of the gate lines, thefirst gate driving circuit is configured to drive the first gate linegroup, and the second gate driving circuit is configured to drive thesecond gate line group; and the non-display area further includes afirst touch driving circuit and a second touch driving circuit, wherethe first touch driving circuit and the first gate driving circuit arelocated on a same side and are disposed along the first direction, thesecond touch driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit arelocated on a same side and disposed along the first direction, the firsttouch driving circuit is configured to drive the first touch drivingelectrode group, and the second touch driving circuit is configured todrive the second touch driving electrode group. By dividing all gatelines into a first gate line group and a second gate line group,dividing all touch driving electrodes into a first touch drivingelectrode group and a second touch driving electrode group, disposing afirst gate driving circuit that drives the first gate line group and afirst touch driving circuit that drives the first touch drivingelectrode group in a non-display area on a same side of the gate lines,and making the first gate driving circuit and the first touch drivingcircuit arranged up and down along a first direction, and similarly, bydisposing a second gate driving circuit that drives the second gate linegroup and a second touch driving circuit that drives the second touchdriving electrode group in a non-display area on another side of thegate lines, and making the second touch driving circuit and the secondgate driving circuit arranged up and down along the first direction, awidth of a non-display area may be reduced, so that a display device maybe made into a structure with a left and right narrow bezel. Based onthis, because touch sensing electrodes are arranged along a seconddirection, that is, the touch sensing electrodes may extend in a Ydirection along the first direction, in the prior art, scratching causedby a leading wire can be avoided.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationof the first aspect, in the first gate line group and the second gateline group, a difference between quantities of the gate lines is lessthan or equal to 1. In a first gate line group and a second gate linegroup, by making a difference between quantities of gate lines less thanor equal to 1, when a first gate driving circuit and a second gatedriving circuit are formed, widths of non-display areas occupied by thefirst gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit on twosides of the gate lines may be consistent, so that bezel widths on thetwo sides of the gate lines may be consistent, and based on anaesthetic, it is more conducive to implement a narrow bezel.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementationof the first aspect, in the first touch driving electrode group and thesecond touch driving electrode group, a difference between quantities ofthe touch driving electrodes is less than or equal to 1. In a firsttouch driving electrode group and a second touch driving electrodegroup, by making a difference between quantities of touch drivingelectrodes less than or equal to 1, when a first touch driving circuitand a second touch driving circuit are formed, it may be ensured that awidth of a non-display area occupied by the first touch driving circuitis less than or equal to a width of a non-display area occupied by afirst gate driving circuit, and a width of a non-display area occupiedby the second touch driving circuit is less than or equal to a width ofa non-display area occupied by a second gate driving circuit, so thatafter introducing the first touch driving circuit and the second touchdriving circuit, an increase of bezel widths on two sides of gate linescan be avoided.

With reference to any one of the first aspect to the second possibleimplementation of the first aspect, in a third possible implementationof the first aspect, a quantity of all of the gate lines is M, and M isa positive integer greater than 1; the first gate line group includes Nconsecutive gate lines calculated from one of the gate lines closest toa first side of the substrate, N<M, and N is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 1; the second gate line group includes remaining gatelines; the first gate driving circuit is disposed close to the firstgate line group, and the second gate driving circuit is disposed closeto the second gate line group; a quantity of all of the touch drivingelectrodes is P, and P is a positive integer greater than 1; the firsttouch driving electrode group includes Q consecutive gate linescalculated from one of the touch driving electrodes closest to a secondside of the substrate, Q<P, and Q is a positive integer greater than andequal to 1; the second touch driving electrode group includes remainingtouch driving electrodes; the first touch driving circuit is disposedclose to the first touch driving electrode group, and the second touchdriving circuit is disposed close to the second touch driving electrodegroup; and the first side and the second side are two opposite sidesalong the first direction. Based on a division manner of a first gateline group and a second gate line group, and a division manner of afirst touch driving electrode group and a second touch driving electrodegroup described above, and by disposing a first gate driving circuitclose to the first gate line group, disposing a second gate drivingcircuit close to the second gate line group, disposing a first touchdriving circuit close to the first touch driving electrode group, anddisposing a second touch driving circuit close to the second touchdriving electrode group, complexity of wiring of the first gate drivingcircuit, the second gale driving circuit, the first touch drivingcircuit, and the second touch driving circuit can be avoided, so thatperformance and yield of a product can be improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementationof the first aspect, a shape of the touch driving electrodes is a stripshape.

With reference to any one of the first aspect to the fourth possibleimplementation of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementationof the first aspect, the display area further includes a commonelectrode, and the touch driving electrodes are multiplexed with thecommon electrode, so that process is simplified.

With reference to any one of the first aspect to the fourth possibleimplementation of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementationof the first aspect, the display area further includes a plurality oftouch sensing electrodes arranged along a second direction, where anextension direction of the touch sensing electrodes intersects with thesecond direction; and the first direction intersects with the seconddirection.

With reference to the sixth impossible implementation of the firstaspect, in a seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, thedisplay area further includes a common electrode, and the touch drivingelectrodes or the touch sensing electrodes are multiplexed with thecommon electrode.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation of the first aspect,in an eighth possible implementation of the first aspect, both the gatelines and the touch driving electrodes extend along the seconddirection; and both the touch sensing electrodes and data lines extendalong the first direction.

According to a second aspect, a display panel is provided, including anyarray substrate in the first aspect to the eighth possibleimplementation of the first aspect.

According to a third aspect, another display panel is provided,including an array substrate, and a box-aligning substrate meshed withthe array substrate together, where the array substrate includes: asubstrate, where a display area and a non-display area are disposed onthe substrate; the display area includes a first gate line group and asecond gate line group, where both the first gate line group and thesecond gate line group include a plurality of gate lines arranged alonga first direction, and an extension direction of the gate linesintersects with the first direction; the display area further includes afirst touch driving electrode group and a second touch driving electrodegroup, where both the first touch driving electrode group and the secondtouch driving electrode group include a plurality of touch drivingelectrodes arranged along the first direction, and an extensiondirection of the touch driving electrodes intersects with the firstdirection; the non-display area includes a first gate driving circuitand a second gate driving circuit, where the first gate driving circuitand the second gate driving circuit are respectively disposed on twosides of the gate lines, the first gate driving circuit is configured todrive the first gate line group, and the second gate driving circuit isconfigured to drive the second gate line group; and the non-display areafurther includes a first touch driving circuit and a second touchdriving circuit, where the first touch driving circuit and the firstgate driving circuit are located on a same side and are disposed alongthe first direction, the second touch driving circuit and the secondgate driving circuit are located on a same side and are disposed alongthe first direction, the first touch driving circuit is configured todrive the first touch driving electrode group, and the second touchdriving circuit is configured to drive the second touch drivingelectrode group; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arrangedalong a second direction X are disposed on an area of a display area ofthe array substrate corresponding to the box-aligning substrate, and anextension direction of the touch sensing electrodes intersects with thesecond direction; and the first direction intersects with the seconddirection.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementationof the third aspect, the touch sensing electrodes are in a gridstructure, and material of the touch sensing electrodes is metalmaterial. In this way, conductivity of a touch sensing electrode may bemade bet and touch performance is better.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a setting mode of touch drivingelectrodes, a touch driving circuit and a gate driving circuit on anarray substrate according to a prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of touch sensing electrodes and leadingwires connected to the touch sensing electrodes on a box-aligningsubstrate according to a prior art;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a setting mode of touch drivingelectrodes, touch sensing electrodes, a touch driving circuit and a gatedriving circuit on an array substrate according to a prior art;

FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram 1 of a setting mode of gate lines, afirst gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit on an arraysubstrate according to this application;

FIG. 4b is a schematic diagram 1 of a setting mode of touch drivingelectrodes, a first touch driving circuit and a second touch drivingcircuit on an array substrate according to this application;

FIG. 4c is a schematic diagram 1 of a setting mode of a first gatedriving circuit, a second gate driving circuit, a first touch drivingcircuit and a second touch driving circuit on an array substrateaccording to this application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a sub-pixel area in a display area onan array substrate according to this application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a display structure and touch drivingelectrodes disposed in a display area on an array substrate according tothis application;

FIG. 7a is a schematic diagram 2 of a setting mode of gate lines, afirst gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit on an arraysubstrate according to this application;

FIG. 7b is a schematic diagram 3 of a setting mode of gate lines, afirst gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit on an arraysubstrate according to this application;

FIG. 7c is a schematic diagram 3 of a setting mode of touch drivingelectrodes, a first touch driving circuit and a second touch drivingcircuit on an array substrate according to this application;

FIG. 7d is a schematic diagram 3 of a setting mode of touch drivingelectrodes, a first touch driving circuit and a second touch drivingcircuit on an array substrate according to this application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a display panel according to thisapplication; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of touch sensing electrodes according tothis application.

Reference signs of the accompanying drawings:

10—touch driving circuit; 11—gate driving circuit; 12—first leadingwire; 20—substrate; 30—display area; 31—first gate line group; 32—secondgate line group; 312—gate line; 33—first touch driving electrode group;34—second touch driving electrode group; 35—data line; 36—sub-pixelarea; 40—non-display area; 41—first gate driving circuit; 42—second gatedriving circuit; 43—first touch driving circuit; 44—second touch drivingcircuit; Rx—touch sensing electrode; Tx—touch driving electrode;X—second direction; Y—first direction.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

This application provides an array substrate, as shown in FIG. 4a toFIG. 4c , including a substrate 20, where a display area 30 and anon-display area 40 are disposed on the substrate 20; the display area30 includes a first gate line group 31 and a second gate line group 32,both the first gate line group 31 and the second gate line group 32include a plurality of gate lines 312 (only shown in FIG. 4a ) arrangedalong a first direction Y, and an extension direction of the gate lines312 intersects with the first direction Y the display area 30 furtherincludes a first touch driving electrode group 33 and a second touchdriving electrode group 34, both the first touch driving electrode group33 and the second touch driving electrode group 34 include a pluralityof touch driving electrodes Tx (only shown in FIG. 4b ) arranged alongthe first direction Y and an extension direction of the touch drivingelectrodes Tx intersects with the first direction; the non-display area40 includes a first gate driving circuit 41 and a second gate drivingcircuit 42, the first gate driving circuit 41 and the second gatedriving circuit 42 are respectively disposed on two sides of the gatelines 312, the first gate driving circuit 41 is configured to drive thefirst gate line group 31, and the second gate driving circuit 42 isconfigured to drive the second gate line group 32; and the non-displayarea 40 further includes a first touch driving circuit 43 and a secondtouch driving circuit 44, where the first touch driving circuit 43 andthe first gate driving circuit 41 are located on a same side and aredisposed along the first direction Y, the second touch driving circuit44 and the second gate driving circuit 42 are located on a same side anddisposed along the first direction Y, the first touch driving circuit 43is configured to drive the first touch driving electrode group 33, andthe second touch driving circuit 44 is configured to drive the secondtouch driving electrode group 34.

in addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the array substrate further includesdata lines 35 in the display area 30, and the gate lines 312 and thedata lines 35 intersect to define the sub-pixel area 36, where thesub-pixel area 36 is provided with a display structure.

When the array substrate is applied to a liquid crystal display (LiquidCrystal Display, LCD for short), a transistor and a pixel electrode maybe disposed on the sub-pixel area 36. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, aswitching transistor and a pixel electrode may be disposed on thesub-pixel area 36; and a gate electrode of the switching transistor iselectrically connected to a gate line 312, a first pole is electricallyconnected to a data line 35, a second pole is electrically connected toa pixel electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode aremutual source electrode and drain electrode. Furthermore, a commonelectrode may be further disposed on the sub-pixel area 36. Certainly, acommon electrode may also be disposed on a box-aligning substrate meshedwith the array substrate together. The pixel electrode and the commonelectrode jointly act to drive liquid crystal to deflect, so that lighttransmission amount of each sub-pixel is controlled.

When a common electrode is disposed on the array substrate, a touchdriving electrode Tx may be multiplexed with the common electrode. To bespecific, in a display phase, a common voltage signal is provided to thetouch driving electrode Tx, to make the touch driving electrode Txfunction as a common electrode; and in a touch phase, a touch drivingsignal is provided to the touch driving electrode Tx, to make the touchdriving electrode Tx and the touch sensing electrode function togetherto identify a touch location.

When the array substrate is applied to an Organic Light-Emitting Diode(Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED for short) display device, a drivingcircuit or a light emitting element may he disposed on the sub-pixelarea 36. For example, the driving circuit on the sub-pixel area 36 mayinclude a switching transistor and a driving transistor, where a gateelectrode of the switching transistor is electrically connected to thegate line 312, a first pole is electrically connected to the data line35, a second pole is electrically connected to a gate electrode of thedriving transistor, a first pole of the driving transistor iselectrically connected to a high voltage end, and a second pole iselectrically connected to the light emitting element, where the lightemitting element may include a cathode and an anode, the second pole ofthe driving transistor may be electrically connected to the anode, andthe cathode is electrically connected to a low voltage end. Certainly,for the driving circuit, the driving circuit may further include acapacitor. Furthermore, the driving circuit may further include athreshold compensation circuit. Details are not described herein again.

When the array substrate is applied to a display device of another type,the sub-pixel area 36 may be provided with a corresponding structurebased on an actual situation.

It should be noted that, a person skilled in the art knows that when atouch driving electrode TX is disposed on an array substrate, toidentify a touch location, it is necessary to include a plurality oftouch sensing electrodes arranged along a second direction, where anextension direction of the touch sensing electrodes intersects with thesecond direction, and the second direction intersects with a firstdirection Y. In this application, a touch sensing electrode may bedisposed on an array substrate, or may be disposed on a box-aligningsubstrate meshed with the array substrate together. This is not limitedherein.

To ensure accuracy of an identification of the touch location, the touchdriving electrode Tx may be disposed in parallel with the gate line 312,that is, both the gate line 312 and the touch driving electrode Txextend along a second direction X; and the touch sensing electrode maybe disposed in parallel with the data line 35, that is, the data line 35and the touch sensing electrode extend along a first direction Y. Thesecond direction X may be a horizontal direction, and the firstdirection Y may be a vertical direction.

A principle of identifying the touch location by the touch drivingelectrode Tx and the touch sensing electrode is: the touch drivingelectrode Tx inputs a touch driving signal line by line; the touchsensing electrode receives an induction signal; and when touch occurs,at a touch location, a capacitor between the touch driving electrode Txand the touch sensing electrode may change, so that the touch locationis determined based on different signals received by the touch sensingelectrode.

When the touch sensing electrode is disposed on the array substrate, thetouch driving electrode Tx or the touch sensing electrode may bemultiplexed with the common electrode.

A shape of the touch driving electrode Tx is a strip shape, to simplifymanufacturing process.

The first gate driving circuit 41 and the second gate driving circuit 42may be obtained at the same time when the transistor on the sub-pixelarea is manufactured. The array substrate includes a great number ofgate lines 312, and all of the gate lines 312 of this application aredivided into two groups, that is, the first gate line group 31 and thesecond gate line group 32, where gate lines 312 in the first gate linegroup 31 are driven by the first gate driving circuit 41, and gate lines312 in the second gate line group 32 are driven by the second gatedriving circuit 42, so that from a first line, all of the gate lines 312scan line by line.

Compared with bonding an integrated circuit (Integrated Circuit, IC forshort) driving the gate lines 312 on the array substrate, integratinggate driving circuits on the array substrate (Gate on Array) is moreconducive to implement a narrow bezel, where the gate driving circuitsinclude the first gate driving circuit 41 and the second gate drivingcircuit 42.

When all of the gate lines 312 are divided into groups, in the firstgate line group 31 and the second gate line group 32, a differencebetween quantities of the gate lines 312 may be less than or equal to 1.

To he specific, as shown in FIG. 7a , when the quantity of all of thegate lines 312 is an odd number, in the first gate line group 31 and thesecond gate line group 32, the difference between the quantities of thegate lines 312 may be equal to 1; and as shown in FIG. 7b , when thequantity of all of the gate lines 312 is an even number, in the firstgate line group 31 and the second gate line group 32, the differencebetween the quantities of the gate lines 312 may be equal to 0.

In the first gate line group 31 and the second gate line group 32, bymaking the difference between the quantities of the gate lines 312 lessthan or equal to 1, when the first gate driving circuit 41 and thesecond gate driving circuit 42 are formed, widths of non-display areas40 occupied by the first gate driving circuit 41 and the second gatedriving circuit 42 on two sides of the gate lines 312 may be consistent,so that bezel widths on the two sides of the gate lines 312 may beconsistent, and based on an aesthetic, it is more conducive to implementa narrow bezel.

In a case in which all of the gate lines 312 are divided into the twogroups, all of the touch driving electrodes TX of this application aredivided into two groups, that is, the first touch driving electrodegroup 33 and the second touch driving electrode group 34, where touchdriving electrodes TX in the first touch driving electrode group 33 aredriven by the first touch driving circuit 43, and touch drivingelectrodes TX in the second touch driving electrode group 34 are drivenby the second touch driving circuit 44, from a first line, all of thetouch driving electrodes TX scan line by line.

When all of the touch driving electrodes Tx are divided into groups, inthe first touch driving electrode group 33 and the second touch drivingelectrode group 34, a difference between quantities of the touch drivingelectrode Tx may be less than or equal to 1.

To be specific, as shown in FIG. 7 c, when the quantity of all of thetouch driving electrodes Tx is an odd number, in the first touch drivingelectrode group 33 and the second touch driving electrode group 34, thedifference between the quantities of the touch driving electrodes Tx maybe equal to 1; and as shown in FIG. 7d , when the quantity of all of thetouch driving electrodes Tx is even number, in the first touch drivingelectrode group 33 and the second touch driving electrode group 34, thedifference between the quantities of the touch driving electrodes Tx maybe equal to 0.

In the first touch driving electrode group 33 and the second touchdriving electrode group 34, by making the difference between thequantities of the touch driving electrodes Tx less than or equal to 1,when the first touch driving circuit 43 and the second touch drivingcircuit 44 are formed, it may be ensured that a width of a non-displayarea 40 occupied by the first touch driving circuit 43 is less than orequal to a width of a non-display area 40 occupied by the first gatedriving circuit 41, and a width of a non-display area 40 occupied by thesecond touch driving circuit 44 is less than or equal to a width of anon-display area 40 occupied by the second gate driving circuit 42, sothat after introducing the first touch driving circuit 43 and the secondtouch driving circuit 44, an increase of bezel widths on two sides ofgate lines 312 can be avoided.

t should be noted that, the first touch driving circuit 43 and the firstgate driving circuit 41 are located on a same side, and both the firsttouch driving circuit 43 and the first gate driving circuit 41 aredisposed along the first direction Y To be specific, in the non-displayarea 40 on a side of the gate lines 312 where the first touch drivingcircuit 43 and the first gate driving circuit 41 are located, the firsttouch driving circuit 43 and the first gate driving circuit 41 arearranged up and down along the first direction Y (that is, the firsttouch driving circuit 43 is used as a whole, the first gate drivingcircuit 41 is used as a whole, and both the first touch driving circuit43 and the first gate driving circuit 41 are disposed in series alongthe first direction Y), When the first gate driving circuit 41 isdisposed above, the first touch driving circuit 43 is disposed below thefirst gate driving circuit 41; and when the first touch driving circuit43 is disposed above, the first gate driving circuit 41 is disposedbelow the first touch driving circuit 43.

Similarly, the second touch driving circuit 44 and the second gatedriving circuit 42 are located on a same side, and both the second touchdriving circuit 44 and the second gate driving circuit 42 are disposedalong the first direction Y. To be specific, in the non-display area 40on a side of the gate lines 312 where the second touch driving circuit44 and the second gate driving circuit 42 are located, the second touchdriving circuit 44 and the second gate driving circuit 42 are arrangedup and down along the first direction Y (that is, the second touchdriving circuit 44 is used as a whole, the second gate driving circuit42 is used as a whole, and both the second touch driving circuit 44 andthe second gate driving circuit 42 are disposed in series along thefirst direction Y). When the second touch driving circuit 44 is disposedabove, the second gate driving circuit 42 is disposed below the secondtouch driving circuit 44; and when the second gate driving circuit 42 isdisposed above, the second touch driving circuit 44 is disposed belowthe second gate driving circuit 42.

Based on the above, the quantity of all of the gate lines 312 may be M,and M is a positive integer greater than 1; the first gate line group 31includes consecutive N gate lines calculated from one of the gate lines312 closest to a first side of the substrate 20, N<M, and N is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1; the second gate line group32 includes remaining gate lines 312; and based on this, the first gatedriving circuit 41 is disposed close to the first gate line group 31,and the second gate driving circuit 42 is disposed close to the secondgate line group 32.

For example, a gate line 312 closest to the first side of the substrate20 may be denoted as a first gate line 312, and later gate lines 312 aresequentially denoted as a second gate line 312, a third gate line 312, .. . , and an M^(th) gate line 312; when M is an odd number, the first to(M−1)/2^(th) gate lines 312 may be used as gate lines 312 in the firstgate line group 31, and a ((M−1)/2)+1^(th) to M^(th) gate lines 312 maybe used as gate lines 312 in the second gate line group 32; or the firstto (M+1)/2^(th) gate lines 312 may be used as gate lines 312 in thefirst gate line group 31, and a ((M+1)/2)+1^(th) to M^(th) gate lines312 may be used as gate lines 312 in the second gate line group 32; andwhen M is an even number, the first to M/2^(th) gate lines 312. may heused as gate lines 312 in the first gate line group 31, and a(M/2)+1^(th) to M^(th) gate lines 312 may be used as gate lines 312 inthe second gate line group 32.

Furthermore, the quantity of all of the touch driving electrodes Tx isP, and P is a positive integer greater than 1; the first touch drivingelectrode group 33 includes Q consecutive touch driving electrodes Txcalculated from one of the touch driving electrodes Tx closest to asecond side of the substrate, Q<P, and Q is a positive integer greaterthan and equal to 1; the second touch driving electrode group 34includes remaining touch driving electrodes Tx; the first touch drivingcircuit 43 is disposed close to the first touch driving electrode group33, and the second touch driving circuit 44 is disposed close to thesecond touch driving electrode group 34; and a first side and a secondside of the substrate 20 are two opposite sides along the firstdirection.

For example, a touch driving electrode Tx closest to the first side ofthe substrate 20 may be denoted as a first touch driving electrode Tx,and later touch driving electrodes Tx are sequentially denoted as asecond touch driving electrode Tx, a third touch driving electrode Tx, .. . , and a P^(th) touch driving electrode Tx, and the P^(th) touchdriving electrode Tx is close to the second side of the substrate 20;when P is an odd number, the first to (P−1)/2^(th) touch drivingelectrodes may be used as touch driving electrodes Tx in the secondtouch driving group 34, and a ((P−1)/2)+1^(th) to P^(th) touch drivingelectrodes Tx may be used as touch driving electrodes Tx in the firsttouch driving electrode group 33; or the first to (P+1)/2^(th) touchdriving electrodes Tx may be used as touch driving electrodes in thesecond driving electrode group 34, and a ((P+1)/2)+1^(th) to P^(th)touch driving electrodes Tx may be used as touch driving electrodes Txin the first touch driving electrode group 33; and when P is an evennumber, the first to P/2^(th) touch driving electrodes may be used astouch driving electrodes Tx in the second driving electrode group 34,and a (P/2)+1^(th) to P^(th) touch driving electrodes Tx may be used astouch driving electrodes Tx in the first touch driving electrode group33.

Based on a division manner of the first gate line group 31 and thesecond gate line group 32, and a division manner of the first touchdriving electrode group 33 and the second touch driving electrode group34 described above, and by disposing the first gate driving circuit 41close to the first gate line group 31, disposing the second gate drivingcircuit 42 close to the second gate line group 32, disposing the firsttouch driving circuit 43 close to the first touch driving electrodegroup 33, and disposing the second touch driving circuit 44 close to thesecond touch driving electrode group 34, complexity of wiring of thefirst gate driving circuit 41, the second gate driving circuit 42, thefirst touch driving circuit 43, and the second touch driving circuit 44can be avoided, so that performance and yield of a product can beimproved.

Based on the foregoing description, a display chip may be bonded on thearray substrate. The display chip is connected to the data lines 35, thefirst gate driving circuit 41, and the second gate driving circuit 42,and is configured to control display.

A touch control chip may be disposed on a circuit card. The touchcontrol chip is connected to touch sensing electrodes Rx, the firsttouch driving circuit 43, the second touch driving circuit 44, and isconfigured to control touch. By making the first touch driving circuit43 and the second touch driving circuit 44 on the array substrate, thetouch control chip can be made extremely simple, thereby reducing cost.

According to the array substrate provided in this application, bydividing all of the gate lines 312 into the first gate line group 31 andthe second gate line group 32, dividing all of the touch drivingelectrodes Tx into the first touch driving electrode group 33 and thesecond touch driving electrode group 34, disposing the first gatedriving circuit 41 that drives the first gate line group 31 and thefirst touch driving circuit 43 that drives the first touch drivingelectrode group 33 in a non-display area 40 on a same side of the gatelines 312, and making the first gate driving circuit 41 and the firsttouch driving circuit 43 arranged up and down along the first directionY. and similarly, by disposing the second gate driving circuit 42 thatdrives the second gate line group 32 and the second touch drivingcircuit 44 that drives the second touch driving electrode group 34 in anon-display area 40 on another side of the gate lines 312, and makingthe second touch driving circuit 44 and the second gate driving circuit42 arranged up and down along the first direction Y, a width of anon-display area 40 may be reduced, so that when the array substrate isapplied to a display device, the display device may be made into astructure with a left and right narrow bezel. Based on this, because thetouch sensing electrodes Rx are arranged along the second direction X,that is, the touch sensing electrodes Rx may extend along the firstdirection Y in the prior art, scratching caused by a leading wire can beavoided.

This application further provides a display panel, including theforegoing array substrate.

In addition, this application further provides another display panel, asshown in FIG. 8, including an array substrate, and a box-aligningsubstrate meshed with the array substrate together.

The array substrate includes a substrate 20, where a display area 30 anda non-display area 40 are disposed on the substrate 20; the display area30 includes a first gate line group 31 and a second gate line group 32,both the first gate line group 31 and the second gate line group 32include a plurality of gate lines 312 (refer to FIG. 4a for details)arranged along a first direction Y, and an extension direction of thegate lines 312 intersects with the first direction Y; the display area30 further includes a first touch driving electrode group 33 and asecond touch driving electrode group 34, both the first touch drivingelectrode group 33 and the second touch driving electrode group 34include a plurality of touch driving electrodes Tx (refer to FIG. 4b fordetails) arranged along the first direction Y, and an extensiondirection of the touch driving electrodes Tx intersects with the firstdirection; the non-display area 40 includes a first gate driving circuit41 and a second grate driving circuit 42, the first gate driving circuit41 and the second gate driving circuit 42 are respectively disposed ontwo sides of the gate lines 312, the first gate driving circuit 41 isconfigured to drive the first gate line group 31, and the second gatedriving circuit 42 is configured to drive the second gate line group 32;and the non-display area 40 further includes a first touch drivingcircuit 43 and a second touch driving circuit 44, where the first touchdriving circuit 43 and the first gate driving circuit 41 are located ona same side and are disposed along the first direction Y the secondtouch driving circuit 44 and the second gate driving circuit 42 arelocated on a same side and disposed along the first direction Y, thefirst touch driving circuit 43 is configured to drive the first touchdriving electrode group 33, and the second touch driving circuit 44 isconfigured to drive the second touch driving electrode group 34.

A plurality of touch sensing electrodes Rx arranged along a seconddirection X are disposed on an area of a display area 30 of the arraysubstrate corresponding to the box-aligning substrate, and an extensiondirection of the touch sensing electrodes Rx intersects with the seconddirection X; and the first direction intersects with the seconddirection.

For the array substrate, refer to related descriptions of the foregoingarray substrate which only includes the touch driving electrodes Tx, anddetails are not described herein again.

The touch driving electrodes Tx may be disposed in parallel with thegate lines 312, that is, both the gate lines 312 and the touch drivingelectrodes Tx extend along the second direction X; and the touch sensingelectrodes Rx may be disposed in parallel with the data lines 35, thatis, both the data lines 35 and the touch sensing electrodes Rx extendalong the first direction Y The second direction X may be a horizontaldirection, and the first direction Y may be a vertical direction.

It should be noted that, FIG. 8 only shows the touch sensing electrodesTx, the first gate driving circuit 41, the second gate driving circuit42, the first touch driving circuit 43, and the second touch drivingcircuit 44 on the array substrate, and remaining parts are not shown.

The touch sensing electrodes Rx may be disposed on a side away from thearray substrate.

Considering that when a material of the touch sensing electrodes Rx is ametal material, conductivity is better, and touch performance is better.Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9. the touch sensing electrodes Rx can bemanufactured into a grid structure, and a material of the touch sensingelectrodes Rx is a metal material.

A shape of a grid in the grid structure is a regular polygon or anirregular polygon. As shown in FIG. 9, a touch sensing electrode Rx isused as an example, where a plurality of metal lines intersect to form aplurality of grids, and for any grid, its shape may be a regular polygonor an irregular polygon.

A metallic material may be a metal element, an alloy, or the like. Forexample, a metallic material may be Ag (silver), Cu (copper), AI(aluminum), AlNb (AlNb alloy) alloy, or the like.

By manufacturing the touch sensing electrodes Rx into a grid structure,an impact on tight transmittance is small.

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 13. An array substrate, comprising: a substrate; adisplay area disposed on the substrate and comprising: a first gate linegroup comprising first gate lines extending in an X direction; a secondgate line group comprising second gate lines extending in the Xdirection; a first touch driving electrode group comprising first touchdriving electrodes extending in the X direction; and a second touchdriving electrode group comprising second touch driving electrodesextending in the X direction; and a non-display area disposed on thesubstrate and comprising: a first gate driving circuit extending in a Ydirection and disposed proximate to the first gate line group andconfigured to drive the first gate lines, wherein the Y direction isperpendicular to the X direction; a second gate driving circuitextending in the Y direction and disposed proximate to the second gateline group and configured to drive the second gate lines; a first touchdriving circuit extending in the Y direction and disposed proximate tothe first touch driving electrode group and configured to drive thefirst touch driving electrodes, wherein the first touch driving circuitand the first gate driving circuit are disposed in series; and a secondtouch driving circuit extending in the Y direction disposed proximate tothe second touch driving electrode group and configured to drive thesecond touch driving electrodes, wherein the second touch drivingcircuit and the second gate driving circuit are disposed in series. 14.The array substrate of claim 13, wherein the first touch driving circuitand the first gate driving circuit are disposed on a first side of thegate lines, and wherein the second touch driving circuit and the secondgate driving circuit are disposed on a second side of the gate lines,wherein the second side is opposite to the first side.
 15. The arraysubstrate of claim 13, wherein the first gate driving circuit isdisposed above the first touch driving circuit, and wherein the secondtouch driving circuit is disposed above the second gate driving circuit.16. The array substrate of claim 13, wherein the first touch drivingcircuit is disposed above the first gate driving circuit, and whereinthe second gate driving circuit is disposed above the second touchdriving circuit.
 17. The array substrate of claim 13, wherein in adifference between a first quantity of the first gate lines and a secondquantity of the second gate lines is less than or equal to one.
 18. Thearray substrate of claim 13, wherein a difference between a firstquantity of the first touch driving electrodes and a second quantity ofthe second touch driving electrodes is less than or equal to one. 19.The array substrate of claim 13, wherein a first shape of the firsttouch driving electrodes is a strip shape, and wherein a second shape ofthe second touch driving electrodes is the strip shape.
 20. The arraysubstrate of claim 13, wherein the display area further comprises acommon electrode, and wherein the first touch driving electrodes and thesecond touch driving electrodes are multiplexed with the commonelectrode.
 21. The array substrate of claim 13, wherein the display areafurther comprises a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and whereinan extension direction of the touch sensing electrodes is the same asthe extension direction of the first touch driving circuit.
 22. Adisplay panel comprising: an array substrate comprising: a substrate; adisplay area disposed on the substrate comprising: a first gate linegroup comprising first gate lines extending in an X direction; a secondgate line group comprising second gate lines extending in the Xdirection; a first touch driving electrode group comprising first touchdriving electrodes extending in the X direction; and a second touchdriving electrode group comprising second touch driving electrodesextending in the X direction; a non-display area disposed on thesubstrate comprising: a first gate driving circuit extending in a Ydirection and disposed proximate to the first gate line group andconfigured to drive the first gate lines, wherein the Y direction isperpendicular to the X direction; a second gate driving circuit disposedproximate to the second gate line group extending in the Y direction andconfigured to drive the second gate lines; a first touch driving circuitextending in the Y direction and disposed proximate to the first touchdriving electrode group and configured to drive the first touch drivingelectrodes; and a second touch driving circuit extending in the Ydirection and disposed proximate to the second touch driving electrodegroup and configured to drive the second touch driving electrodes, andwherein the second touch driving circuit and the second gate drivingcircuit are disposed in series.
 23. The display panel of claim 22,wherein the first touch driving circuit and the first gate drivingcircuit are disposed on a first side of the gate lines, and wherein thesecond touch driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit aredisposed on a second side of the gate lines, wherein the first side isopposite to the second side.
 24. The display panel of claim 22, whereinthe first gate driving circuit is disposed above the first touch drivingcircuit, and wherein the second touch driving circuit is disposed abovethe second gate driving circuit.
 25. The display panel of claim 22,wherein the first touch driving circuit is disposed above the first gatedriving circuit, and wherein the second gate driving circuit is disposedabove the second touch driving circuit.
 26. The display panel of claim22, wherein a first shape of the first touch driving electrodes is astrip shape, and wherein a second shape of the second touch drivingelectrodes is the strip shape.
 27. The display panel of claim 22,wherein the display area further comprises a common electrode, andwherein the first touch driving electrodes and the second touch drivingelectrodes are multiplexed with the common electrode.
 28. The displaypanel of claim 22, wherein the display area further comprises aplurality of touch sensing electrodes, and wherein an extensiondirection of the touch sensing electrodes is the same as the extensiondirection of the first touch driving circuit.
 29. An electronic devicecomprising: an array substrate comprising: a substrate; a display areadisposed on the substrate comprising: a first gate line group comprisingfirst gate lines extending in an X direction; a second gate line groupcomprising second gate lines extending in the X direction; a first touchdriving electrode group comprising first touch driving electrodesextending in the X direction; and a second touch driving electrode groupcomprising second touch driving electrodes extending in the X direction,wherein; and a non-display area disposed on the substrate comprising: afirst gate driving circuit disposed in a Y direction and proximate tothe first gate line group and configured to drive the first gate lines,wherein the Y direction is perpendicular to the X direction; a secondgate driving circuit disposed in the Y direction and proximate to thesecond gate line group and configured to drive the second gate lines afirst touch driving circuit disposed in the Y direction and proximate tothe first touch driving electrode group and configured to drive thefirst touch driving electrodes, wherein the first touch driving circuitand the first gate driving circuit are disposed in series; and a secondtouch driving circuit disposed in the Y direction and proximate to thesecond touch driving electrode group and configured to drive the secondtouch driving electrodes, wherein the second touch driving circuit andthe second gate driving circuit are disposed in series.
 30. Theelectronic device of claim 29, wherein the first touch driving circuitand the first gate driving circuit are disposed on a first side of thegate lines, and wherein the second touch driving circuit and the secondgate driving circuit are disposed on a second side of the gate lines,wherein the first side is opposite to the second side.
 31. Theelectronic device of claim 29, wherein the first gate driving circuit isdisposed above the first touch driving circuit, and wherein the secondtouch driving circuit is disposed above the second gate driving circuit.32. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the first touch drivingcircuit is disposed above the first gate driving circuit, wherein thesecond gate driving circuit is disposed above the second touch drivingcircuit.